Re: problems logging on with win98 pcs to 2000 DC's

Your Windows 98 clients will probably need a WINS to resolve your problems,
as NT/98 clients do not use DNS to resolve names on a domain. You may also
wish to reconsider the setting that removes the DNS update for clients that
don't request it, since your Windows 98 clients won't request it and thus
won't be in DNS.

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"pburgez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pburgez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:3938333B-8CA4-44FF-A56A-770145E9090C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> There are about 30 win98 on my network, can you tell me what the minimum
> server setup is necessary to allow these to logon and browse the domain.
> We
> are currently being integrated into a larger organisation and as a first
> step
> we have two new servers running 2003 joined to the domain.
>
> The DHCP server has been moved to one of these and a number of changes
> were
> made. One of which was the reference to the wins server in the lease
> options
> was removed. Also the DNS setting "dynamic update dns A and ptr records
> for
> DHCP clients that do not request updates" was unchecked. Would either of
> these changes affect win98 logon. Prior to the changes the 98 clients had
> no
> logon issues but now the message "no domain servers are available" is
> being
> displayed at random. Sometimes the PCs will logon and other times they
> will
> not. The network people who carried out the changes said that the 98 pcs
> will
> validate using reverse DNS lookup rather than wins, but adding a wins
> server
> address seams to reduce the number of unsuccessful logins.
>
> TIA
>
> Paul


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